Google is "implanting" AI into Gmail

Google is strengthening the role of artificial intelligence in Gmail and is gradually turning the mail into a "personal assistant" - with prompts for emails, quick replies on the content of correspondence and even automatic to-do lists for the day.

As Techxplore writes with reference to the Associated Press, the company introduced a new line of AI-functions, which should help users to parse inboxes faster, find the right details in old conversations and formulate messages more confidently.

What's new coming to Gmail

• Help Me Write - an assistant for writing emails. It will adapt to the user's style and suggest wording as you edit to "polish" the text of your email.

• Search in dialogue format - for subscribers of paid plans (Pro and Ultra are mentioned in the material). The user will be able to ask questions directly in the Gmail search bar and receive brief answers based on data from their inbox - similar to conversational search.

• AI Inbox is a feature for a portion of "trusted testers" in the US. When enabled, it will analyse your inbox and suggest lists of tasks and topics to focus on, effectively telling you what to do next.

Where and when it will work
At launch, the features will only be available in English and only in the US, but Google promises expansion to other countries and languages as the launch develops.

What it works on
All innovations are "tied" to the Gemini 3 model, which Google already uses in its AI tools.

Risks and privacy
The deeper the AI "reads" your emails, the higher the stakes. Erroneous summaries, wrong conclusions or overconfident auto-messages can lead to awkward or even problematic situations - even if the user can double-check everything and disable features.

A separate block is privacy. Gmail has already experienced a wave of criticism in the past due to adverts tied to the content of correspondence. Now Google says the data that the AI analyses in Gmail will not be used to train models, and access to the information is limited by "engineering barriers" of protection.